Diocese of

Caxias do Sul

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 11,892 km²

Population: 853,500 Catholics (90.1% of 947,440 total) (2018)

Statistics: 74 parishes, 959 missions, 177 priests (103 diocesan, 74 religious), 466 lay religious (124 brothers, 342 sisters), 15 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Alegre

Neighbouring Dioceses: Montenegro (↙), Passo Fundo (↖), Vacaria (↑), Criciúma (→), Osório (↘), Novo Hamburgo (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio (May 26)

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History

1934.09.08: Established as Diocese of Caxias / Caxien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre)
1959.04.15: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
1966.05.16: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Passo Fundo
1966.10.19: Renamed as Diocese of Caxias do Sul / Caxien(sis) Australis (Latin)
1970.11.23: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
1997.12.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
1999.11.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Osório

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Teresa d’Avila, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (74)

Montenegro (↙), Passo Fundo (↖), Vacaria (↑), Criciúma (→), Osório (↘), Novo Hamburgo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.26 – ...):

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caxias do Sul (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (64)
(2019.06.26 – ...)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

In caritate diligere et servire

Born:	1957.02.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.03

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (2012.06.06 – 2019.06.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Chapecó (Brazil) (2014.06.01 – 2014.12.03)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2019.06.26 – ...)

Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (78)
(2011.07.06 – 2019.06.26)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Na Igreja ninguém é estrangeiro

Born:	1943.08.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.17

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2006.01.18 – 2010.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2006.01.18 – 2010.06.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2010.06.16 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2011.07.06 – 2019.06.26)

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto (85)
(1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Born:	1936.05.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.28

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

Ut benedictionem possideatis

Born:	1908.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.11.30
Died:	1988.12.02 († 80)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)

Bishop of Caxias (Brazil) (1952.06.24 – 1966.10.19)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

Bishops of Caxias (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(1952.06.24 – 1966.10.19)

(see above)

Bishop José Baréa
(1935.09.23 – 1951.11.19)

A nossa vitória é a fé

Born:	1893.01.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1918.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.01.19
Died:	1951.11.19 († 58)

Bishop of Caxias (Brazil) (1935.09.23 – 1951.11.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (78) (2010.06.16 – 2011.07.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto (85) (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

as of 2021.10.18

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